I’m glad to hear that – thanks!

Hmmm….are you using ASIO4all? Should be using that instead of your primary soundcard. Try some EQ sweeps too, see if maybe the sound is coming from the synth itself & if so then try doing some cuts in the EQ to get it where you want it!

No, this is with 3xOsc itself.

Hey Matthew,

That was a very useful tip. Thanks for sharing it – much appreciated!

No problem! For the most part you want to try to keep from distorting low ends too much, causes the mix to become muddy. Parallel compression distorts the sound a tad bit, so by letting the low band pass through you can keep the muddiness out of your mix. Some people also have problems with the high frequencies when using parallel compression, which is why they like to let the high band pass through as well. Figured I’d share that in hopes that it’d help someone!

Is this unwanted raspy noise associated with the parallel compression?

If so, turn the high band to “COMP OFF”, then adjust the high band so that it cuts out some of the high end from the mid range, which will in turn, keep it from being affected by the parallel compression.

Just a heads up, a lot of people in the EDM scene are using parallel compression on their drums, but they don’t always compress the whole frequency range, a lot of the time they will cut out some of the low & high ends.

To do this with this method, instead of turning the low & high bands to “OFF”, you can turn them to “COMP OFF” which will allow you to adjust the low & high bands which in turn changes the frequency range of the mid section & what will and won’t be compressed.

Great site, useful stuff on here!!

Got a quick question. Whenever I use 3xOsc with saw or square waves, playing higher notes creates this unwanted raspy noise. How can I get rid of this? I’m not sure if it’s a problem with my sound card.

Thanks 🙂

Thank you, I appreciate that!